A must have for anyone who needs help improving their academic writing.

Packed with top tips on grammar, structure and style, this handy guide provides succinct and practical guidance on students' most common writing concerns. Each tip is accompanied by authentic examples of student writing, suggested rewrites and useful exercises.

Lively illustrations help students to understand and remember essential principles of grammar and punctuation, and end-of-chapter checklists help them to develop effective proofreading skills. The second edition has been restructured for easier navigation and includes updated examples and new illustrations.

This compact and concise book is a must-have for students of all levels, and a valuable resource for teachers needing no-nonsense explanations of key punctuation and grammar points.

Julia Copus is an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund, UK, an Honorary Fellow of Exeter University, UK and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK. She has published four collections of poetry, including The World's Two Smallest Humans (2012), shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Costa Poetry Award, and Girlhood (2019).